1896. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



;9T 



Honey-Clovers & Buckwheat 



SEED FOR SALE. 



We have made arrangements 8o that we 

 can furnish seed of several of the Clovers 

 and Japanese Buckwheat, by freight or ex- 

 press, at the following prices, cash with order: 



50) lOft 25ft oOft 



Alslke Clover J .70 $1.25 $3.00 $5.75 



Sweet Clover 75 1.40 3.25 6.00 



White Clover 1.25 2.00 4.50 8.00 



Alfalfa Clover 65 1.10 2.70 5.00 



Crimson Clover 55 .90 2.00 3.50 



Jap. Buckwheat... .20 .35 .90 1.25 

 Prices subject to market changes. 



Add 25 cents to your order, for cartage, if 

 wanted by freight. 



Your orders are solicited. 



GEORGE W. YORK & CO., 



CHICAGO, ILLS. 



Sweet Clover \ Canada. 



At the following: prices : 



5 lbs. 10 lbs. 25 lbs. 50 lbs. 



$1.00 $1.60 $3.75 $7.25. 



Also a quantity of Motherwort and Catnip 



seed. Prices on application. 



EGGS lor Hatcblng. Buff Leghorns. In- 

 dian Games, & Light Brabmas. Choice Birds. 

 A breeder for 30 years. Prices on application 



JOHN mcARTHVR, 

 881 Tonge Street, - TOKONTO, ONT. 

 15Atf 'W««tion tfte .<lm«rtea7i Bee Journal. 



Promptness Is What Counts ! 



Honey-Jars. Shipping-Cases, aud every- 

 thing' that bee-keepers use. Root's 

 GoodN at Root's Prices, and the 



best shipping point in the country. 

 Dealer in Honey and Beeswax. Cata- 



\l^^2.i.... Walter S. Ponder 



INDIANAPOLIS. IND. 

 Mtntimi Die American Bee JoumaZ. 



Queens for Salei:r 



Italian Queens— after May 15— Untested, 

 75c. each; 6 for $4.00; 12 for $7.20. 

 Safe arrival and satisfaction guaranteed. 

 Reference— George W. York & Co. Address, 

 F. GRABBE, 



LIBERTrVILLE. ILL., 

 Mention- the Ayneriican Bee Jm-jmai,, 



UMiW W^ have a large amount of Pure 

 nVllE/I No. 1 Alfalfa we will sell cheap. 



Wax Wajited. 



Warranted the best, sim- 

 plest and quickest Escape 

 on the market. "Sent postpaid to any address 

 lor 30 cts. It can be returned at our expense 

 if it is not as represented, or we will send the 

 Escape on trial to any bee-keeper wishing to 

 test it in good faith. We are agents for the 



Ferguson Patent Hive rup'er'aZ'llic'ke'^ 



Gate Honey-Board, with the Kscape. It Is the 

 easiest, quickest blve to handle for the pro- 

 duction of comb honey. Address, 



E. S. liOVESY He CO., 

 355 6th East St., SALT LAKE CITV, UTAH. 

 MeTUian Um Awerican Ber Jouma'- 9Atf 



Foundation i'lIiAon 

 QUEENS Lllt5a|) 



Send for prices. J. F. mirH.VEL., 



24A2t Greenville, O. 



IJI^^u QqIa U^^'Dff disposed of most of 

 £ Ol D<tlC my Bees, I will sell about 

 150 Simplicity Combs for extracting, at $10 

 per hundred. All In good condition. Would 

 like a few good Queens in exchange for Queen 

 Excluders, standard size Address. 



C. A. ITIE.VUE, Brookside, Iflirli. 



OC tbis Journal wbo 

 «rrite to any of om 

 advertisers, either In 

 ordering, or aslUng abont the Goods 

 offered, will please state that they saw 

 tie AdTertisement In this paper* 



Boss bee-escape 



Sections 



READERS 



It should be shipped anyhow before the 

 weather is cold ecough to break the 

 combs. If sealed, there will be no 

 trouble from candying ; though he had 

 unsealed honey for three years without 

 candying. 



Another member said that in 1893 he 

 did not sell until March, and out of 

 6,000 pounds only two cases were can- 

 died. If any Utah comb honey candies 

 quickly, he suggested it is because of 

 the abundance of sweet clover there. 

 The opinion of the Association was that 

 Oct. 26 is not too late to sell alfalfa 

 comb honey. 



I have the impression of having read 

 somewhere that pure sweet clover honey 

 does not candy readily. However that 

 may be, an extensive honey-producer 

 told me in conversation some time ago 

 that whether from sweet clover or other 

 fall flowers, late honey here was more 

 apt to candy than that from the first 

 crop. He could recall no instance of 

 early comb honey candying soon, and 

 gave a case in which a large amount 

 was sold after being kept over a year 

 without candying. 



So far, there is no evidence whatever 

 to show that the sale of the bulk of 

 alfalfa comb honey need be at all in- 

 jured on Oct. 26. Extracted alfalfa 

 honey, on the other hand, candies 

 quickly, especially the late honey. 



Arvada, Colo. F. L. Thompson. 



Bees Have Not Done Much.. 



My bees have not done much thus far. 

 Two weeks ago I had to feed them to 

 keep them from starving. I lost one 

 colony this spring, I believe from starva- 

 tion. Lots of bees died in this part of 

 the country this spring, for want of 

 food. Willows bloomed the latter part 

 of January and first part of February, 

 but a heavy frost killed it all. During 

 fruit-bloom it was too rainy for the bees 

 to gather any honey. 



Aug. Bachmann. 



Seattle, Wash., .Tune 2. 



The Bee and Grape Question. 



I suppose Mr. W. S. Fultz (see page 

 291) will admit that there are lots of 

 different people, and their observations 

 and opinions on the same subjects will 

 differ very much some times. You want 

 to give the devil his just dues if he does 

 a neat job. 



Mr. Fultz says he has seen the bee 

 drive the pickers out of the berry patch. 

 A sister of mine was once stung on the 

 knee, and her leg from the hip to the 

 foot was black and blue, swollen, and 

 very painful for six weeks. I believe 

 that she would stampede if there were 

 one dozen bees in sight if she were pick- 

 ing. Were his pickers on that order ? I 

 have had the bees work on grapes — the 

 Ives and Concord. I never saw them 

 work on berries. My observation on the 

 grape was that when they did so work, 

 the grapes were too ripe to be in good 

 marketable condition. A good horticul- 

 turist will not let his Bartlett pears get 

 soft-ripe on the tree. Is there not a 

 proper time to pick grapes ? I think 

 there is a bare possibility that under 

 certain conditions fungus growth will 

 weaken the skin of fruit enough to give 

 the bee a start ; that is all it wants, and 

 it is soon on the inside. A fly will suck 

 itself full of blood through a cowhide, 

 and you cannot see the opening before 



BedScaoker 



III^'GIf4M SMOKERSC 



llest on Karl It 

 and Cheapest. 



Doctor, 3i4-in. stove, by 

 mall, .$1.50 ; Conqueror, 

 S-ln,. $1.10 ; Larg-e. 2S4. 

 1 : Plain, 2, 70c: Little 

 Wonder. 2. wt 10 oz, 60c 

 Biritrliaui & HftliPrln^ton 

 Honev-Kiiivps. SO cents. 

 ^tT. F. BINGHAITI, 



23Dtf Farivell, Iflich. 



Sections & Foundation Redueed.:^ 



I am now selling Roofs best polished SEC- 

 TIONS at *2.50 per 1,000; 2,000 for $4 50; 

 3,000. $0.45; 5.000. $10.00. The New Weed 

 Process Comb Foundation reduced 3c. 

 per pound. See prices on page 14 of our Oat- 

 alog-ue. or The A. I. Root Co.'s. 



M. H. HUWT, 



19D4t ^ELL BRANCH. MICH. 



Mentioyi the American Bee JournaL 



1880 Special Offer. 1896 



Warranted Queens, bred from best Imported 

 or home-bred Queens, at 60 cts. each; !4 doz. 

 $3 50. Untested, 55 cts.; H doz.. $3.15. Tes- 

 ted, 70 cts.; !4 doz., $4.00. All Queens seat 

 promptly by return mall. 



LEININGER BEOS., 

 2oDtt Ft. Jennings, Ohio. 



Umtum me Ameriecr<b Bee Jtivr'nal-. 



BeeSnpplies 



Largest Stock 

 and Greatest 

 Variety In the 

 West. BEST 

 Goodt:at Low- 

 est prices. Cit. 

 of SO pases FREE. 



E. KRETGMER, RED OAK, IOWA. 



Mention the American Bee Journal. 23 D9t 



Warranted Queens 



MY RKXne^i MAIL, 



Either Oolden or Leather-Colored, at 



$5.00 per doz. Choice Tested Queens at $1.00 

 each. I guarantee safe delivery. 



F. A. CROWELili, Granger, niiiin. 

 25A6t Kcjiiion fine wlni«rican Bee Jbumo*. 



Down Go the Prices ! 



lam having such good luck In queenrear- 

 lag, I shall the balance of the season sell our 

 fine ADEI. QUEENS at the following prices 

 —One Queen, $1 00; three, $2.50; six, $t.50; 

 or one dozen for $8.00. Safe arrival and qual- 

 ity guaranteed. Cat. free. 



HENRY ALIiEY, 



25Atf WENHAM. Essex Co., MASS. 



5 per ct. Off to Reduce Stock 



on all kinds of SXJFPIjIEJS. 



— COjTIB FOUKDATIOX - 



which will be sold in lots of 10 lbs. or more as 

 follows: Medium, :j8 cts.; Light, 40 cts.; Thin 

 Surplus. 45 cts.; Extra Thin, 50 cts. 

 Queens— Untested, 75c.; Tested, $1.00. 



-Z W. J. FIMCH, Jr., ^""^I^l?^--" 



Meriuioti, tne American Bee Jounwi, 



Bee-Keepers' Pltotoj^i-apli. — Wo 



have now on hand a limited number of ex- 

 cellent photographs of prominent bee-keep- 

 ers — a number of pictures on one card. The 

 likeness of 49 of them are shown on one of 

 the photographs, and 121 on the other. We 

 will send them, postpaid, for 30 cents each, 

 mailing from the 131 kind first ; then after 

 they are all gone, we will send the 49 kind. 

 So those who order first will get the most 

 " faces'" for their money. Send orders to 

 the Bee Journal office. 



